The Cougars co-hosted the Palmetto Classic with The Citadel at Park West in Mt. Pleasant. The team went head-to-head with athletes from Georgia Southern, Savannah State and Charleston Southern, in addition to The Citadel Bulldogs.

McArthur won the 100-meter hurdles in her first outdoor competition as a Cougar. Her time of 14.75 seconds beat the existing CofC school record by 27 hundredths of a second. Juniors Isabel Boersma (Franklin, Tenn./Ravenwood) and Brynne Johnson (Centerville, Ohio/Centerville) also performed well, finishing fourth and fifth respectively. Boersma previously owned the top 10 times recorded at Charleston in the hurdles. She finished with a time of 15.78, while Johnson's time of 16.09 tied her personal best.

The freshman jumper also set a new record in the triple jump, where her distance of 38'¼" placed her second in the competition. She surpassed the previous record, set by Dominique Boone in 2006, by more than a foot.

While McArthur set a record in the 100-meter hurdles, junior Mary Zolga (Raynham, Mass./Bridgewater-Raynham) broke the school record in the 400-meter hurdles. She came in first with a time of 1:05.40, more than two seconds faster than Charleston's previous top time. Junior Saskia Kalmeijer (Brussels, Belgium/Pope) also ran well with a fourth-place time of 1:09.99; the sixth-best time in school history.

Boersma captured the javelin title, leading a pack of five Cougars in the event. She launched a distance of 79'¾" to beat the rest of the competition by at least 7'6". Johnson finished second among CofC competitors with a fourth-place distance of 72'¼".

In the middle distance events, sophomore Kristen Wolfe (Midlothian, Va./James River) led the team with a time of 5:10.78 in the mile to win the event. She also took home a third-place finish in the 800 meters, clocking a time of 2:24.01.

The Cougars will compete next at the Shamrock Invitational, a three-day meet that begins on Mar. 18 in Conway, S.C.